Free admission to Maryhill Museum July 19-20

Headed east later this month? If you’re passing through Goldendale in Klickitat County at the right time, you can waltz right in to the Maryhill Museum of Art for free. During the weekend of July 19-20, residents of King, Snohomish and Whatcom counties (among others) can show a driver’s license and skip the usual $9 adult admission fee. Also on July 19 — and also free — the museum will host “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” performed by the Portland Actors Ensemble. While inside the museum, you can browse sculpture by James Lee Hansen, a collection of cartoons from The New Yorker magazine (and lesser-known pieces of the artists’ portfolios) and “Maryhill Favorites: The Female Form.”

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